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The Scientific Odyssey

Dr. Chad Davies

An examination of scientific inquiry through a discussion of the history and philosophy of the scientific endeavor.

education natural sciences

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36:21

Episode 2.23: The Force is Strong in this One

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/09/03

In this episode, we follow the development of the strong force from Yukawa through to the work of Murray Gell-Mann and Georg Zweig and the first quark-gluon model of matter.

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40:27

Episode 2.22: Renormalization

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/08/27

A discussion of the development fo renomalization to save quantum field theory from the problem of the various infinties that arise in it. Particular focus is devoted to the work of Hans Bethe, Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Julian Schwinger, Richard Feynamn, Freeman Dyson and Ernst Stueckelberg.

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41:13

Episode 2.21: A New Era

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/08/20

A discussion of the physics of creating a self-sustaining fission reaction and building the first atomic weapon.

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36:46

Episode 2.20.2: Supplemental-Enrico Fermi, The Pope...

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/08/10

Part #2 of the biography of Enrico Fermi tracing his work on developing nuclear energy technologies.

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37:22

Episode 2.20.1: Supplemental-Enrico Fermi, The Pope...

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/08/03

Part one of a biographical sketch of Italian physicist Enrico Fermi. The episode discussed Fermi's childhood, education and Nobel Prize winning work prior to his fleeing to the United States. Also discussed is the ride of the Italian Fascist party including personal accounts from Enrico and Laura Fermi.

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48:30

Episode 2.20: Of Fascism and Fission

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/07/26

A discussion of the developments in nuclear physics that led to the discovery of fission. These include Francis Aston's development of the mass spectrometer, George Gamow, Neils Bohr and Charles Weisacker and the development of the Liquid-Drop Model of the nucleus, the work of Otto Hahn at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch in discovering nuclear fission and both H. G. Wells and Leo Szilard's prophetic predictions of the development of atomic weapons.

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33:19

Episode 2.19: Into the Nucleus

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/07/19

A discussion of both the theoretical and experimental work of Enrico Fermi in the field of nuclear physics. Additional material on the invention of the cyclotron by Ernest O. Lawrence and the first creation of artificial radioactivity by Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie.

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43:15

Episode 2.18: Of Fields and Particles

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/07/12

In this episode we discuss the development of the first quantum field theories including quantum electrodynamics for the electromagnetic interaction, quantum flavordynamics for the weak interaction and quantum chromodynamics for the strong interaction. We also touch on the work of Enrico Fermi and Hideki Yukawa.

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42:41

Episode 2.17.2: Supplemental-Paul Dirac, The Magician

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/07/04

Part Two of the scientific biography of Paul Dirac. This includes a discussion of the development of the Dirac Equation, work in quantum field theory, a theory of magnetic monopoles and the first ideas of string theory.

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30:09

Episode 2.17.1: Supplemental-Paul Dirac, The...

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/06/26

In this episode we take a look at the early life and education of engineer, mathematician and physicist Paul Dirac.

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36:37

Episode 2.17: Of Matter and Anti-Matter

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/06/14

A discussion of the work of Paul Dirac to produce the relativistic wave equationand the discovery of anti-matter as he theorized by Carl David Anderson.

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59:12

Episode 2.16.5: Supplemental-Heisenberg-Conflict,...

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/06/07

The final part of a three episode biography of Werner Heisenberg. In this podcast, I focus on the life and work of the Nobel Prize winner from the time of the ride of the Nazis to power in Germany to his death in 1976.

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39:28

Episode 2.16.4: Supplemental-The Copenhagen...

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/05/19

A clear setting out of the Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory and a discussion of some of the philosphical issues it brings forward.

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41:40

Episode 2.16.3: Supplemental-Heisenberg-The...

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/05/15

A discussion of Werner Heisenberg's amazingly productive period of work from 1920 to 1932.

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34:07

Episode 2.16.2: Supplemental-Heisenberg-The Pathfinder

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/05/04

A discussion of the early life of Werner Heisenberg.

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26:56

Episode 2.16.1: Supplemental-The Scourge of God

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/04/25

A biographical sketch of the life and work of Wolfgang Pauli

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39:52

Episode 2.16: The Mathematical Atom-Part #2

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/04/13

We begin with the wave mechanics approach of Erwin Schrodinger and work through the Fifth Solvay Conference held in October of 1927.

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32:35

Episode 2.15: The Mathematical Atom: Part #1

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/04/05

In this episode we address the crisis in atomic physics, the work of Louis de Broglie and the matrix mechanics of Werner Heisenberg.

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30:55

Episode 2.14: Beyond Bohr

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/03/29

In this episode, we discuss the contributions of Gilbert Newton Lewis, Irvine Langmuir and Arnold Sommerfeld and push the Bohr Model of the Atom to the breaking point.

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39:14

Episode 2.13.1: Supplemental-Niels Bohr

The Scientific Odyssey ·

2015/03/23

A discussion of the life and influence of Niels Bohr.

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